200 cxwx. S0ITAMINEJ5. (J. G. Baker.) 



18. Alpinia. Spike or panicle terminating a tall leafy stem ; filament 

 long, connective shorter than the anther or longer and dilated. 



19. Bhtncanthtjs. Spike terminating a leafy stem ; filament long, 

 connective not dilated. 



Tribe II. Maranteae. Calyx of free sepals, rarely loosely cohering. 

 Stamen 1 ; anther 1-celled, laterally adnate to a lobe of the perianth ; 

 staminodes petaloid, connate into a 5-6-lobed inner perianth, of which 1 or 

 2 lobe s are lateral, 1 (the lip) anticons ; of the 2 or 3 dorsal one or two are 

 hooded and another bears the anther. Ovary 1-3-celled, cells 1-ovuled; 

 style excentric incurved or involute. Embryo curved. 



20. CliNOGYNB. Stem leafy with terminal panicled scattered flowers ; 

 panicle with convolute deciduous sheaths at the forks; bracts deciduous. 



21. PHKTJjnjM:. Stem with one broad leaf, and a lateral head or spike 

 of flowers, or spike radical ; bracts and bracteoles persistent. 



Tribe III. Cannese. Sepals free. Stamen 1 ; anther 1-celled, 

 adnate to lateral petaloid filament ; staminodes 4 Ovary 3-celled, cells 

 many-ovuled; style flattened ; stigma terminal. i'mJryo straight. 



22. Cakha. 



Tribe IV. SXuseee. Sepals free or connate in a split spathe. Stamens 

 5, free ; anthers linear, 2-celled ; staminode 1 or 0. Style central ; stigma 

 2-3-fid. Emhryo short. 



23. Mtjsa. Stem subarboreous, stout, simple; flowers in a stout 

 terminal spike; calyx tube short. 



24. LowiA. Stem slender, dichotomously branched ; flowers clustered 

 at the base of a petiole ; calyx tube very long. 



1. niANTXSXA., Sims. 



Rliizome short, creeping; leafy stem short. Scape short, sheathed 

 below. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, caudate. Panicle laxly-fld. ; bracts at 

 the forks membranous, coloured. Calyx short, campanulate, obtusely 3- 

 lobed. Corolla-t-ahe slender, lobes subequal, ovate ; dorsal erect, concave. 

 Lateral staminodes at or below the middle of the exaerted incurved fila- 

 ment, slender, spathulate ; lip defiexed, 2-fid ; filament long, curved ; anther- 

 cells linear- oblong, broadly winged. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 3, parietal ; 

 style filiform, placed in a groove of the filament ; stigma turbinate. 

 Oupsule globose, dehiscing at the apex. Seeds many, minute, oblong. — 

 Species the following. 



1. ItX. saltatoria^ Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1320, staminodes linear- 

 subulate. Soran. Troir. 19. Globba saltatoria, Hose. Scitam. t. 112. G. 

 purpurea, Andr. Bot.B,ep. t. 615. Gr. radicalis, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 359 ; 

 CoroOT. PZ. t. 230. G.suhvXaXa., Roxb. Hort Beng. 2; Fl.Ind. i.%1. 



CniTiAGOKa, Roxburgh, Lister. 



Soofafoci pcreunial. Siems annual, 1-2 ft. Leaves i-Qm.; sheath 1-2 in. j bract- 

 leaves sheathing, oblong. Panicle lax, 3-6 in. ; branches simple, usually short and 

 ascending ; flowers few, crowded towards the tips of the branches ; bracts ovate,,lilac, 

 i-i in., lower flowerless. Ca^ya; campanulate, lilac, i in.; lohes suborhicular. Corolla- 

 tube twice as long as the calyx ; segments ovate, lilac, \ in., central rather larger 

 and clasping the filament. Btaminodes ^ in.; lip yellow, cuueate, deeply lobed; 

 wings of anther suhorbicular. Ca^svle purple, the size of a small cherry. 



